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Navy Pays Lost Profits For Misappropriating FSS Contractor's Data

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 03.10.04

In Data Enterprises of the Northwest v. GSA, GSBCA No. 1560 (Feb. 4, 2004), the GSBCA determined that the Navy had breached its FSS contract with a supplier of commercial software when it used the contractor's proprietary software documentation and data dictionary to develop competing software. The board granted the contractor lost profits on contract sales of its commercial software that it would have made absent the breach, through 2006.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.15.26

GAO Indicates Reasonable Conflict of Interest Investigation Must Include Inquiry of Involved Firm

The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent decision in Viderity Inc.—Costs, B-424422.5, Sept. 1, 2026, offers useful insight into what constitutes a legally sufficient conflict of interest investigation. The decision arose in an unusual procedural posture: Viderity initially protested, alleging that an agency evaluator had a personal conflict of interest. After the agency took corrective action, Viderity filed a cost entitlement claim requesting that GAO direct the agency to reimburse Viderity’s protest costs. In evaluating that claim, GAO assessed whether Viderity’s underlying protest ground was “clearly meritorious.”...